“Lovely Megan,

I went to buy a light bulb.  When I get back, I’ll see you better.

Love, Don”

Thanks to last night’s episode of Mad Men, all of us lighting nerds finally know how to compose a love letter that incorporates “light bulb” into it…

22 hours of walking and talking…

15 seperate exhibit halls…

Endless corridors…

M.C. Escher-like escalators…

Throngs of people…

Movenpick ice-cream cones…

Sore feet…

IT MUST BE LIGHT + BUILDING TIME!

Light + Building is just enormous, inspiring, overwhelming, and awesome…all at the same time.  It really shows how large and incredibly diversified is the lighting industry.  I just returned with about 350 pictures, a dozen videos, and a tall stack of brochures.  It was a great show, with lots of stuff to cover.  I will be posting my favorites over the next couple weeks…so stay tuned.

I had to go to Gap today to return some baby clothes, and what did I see????  Light Bulb Boxers!  So of course I had to pick a pair up!

Nice variety of lamps, too…you got the A, R, T, plus some CFL screw-ins and even a metal halide profile.  Buy one for your favorite lighting fanatic today!

Jason Brooks is a London-based graphic illustrator that has done work with numerous companies across the genres of fashion, lifestyle, and interiors.  Besides making me wish I was a young, rich and fabulous hipster-globe-trotting-party-animal, his illustrations are fantastic lighting inspiration:  They just ooze luminosity and sparkle from every pixel.

Oh yah…time to brush up on my Photoshop/Illustrator skills!

But more on that later.  Let’s see how the blog shapes up first.

Lucept's Editor on a evening stroll in front of Boston's Custom House